Cantonese words starting with S

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(old) spy; secret agent

profane; worldly

influential family

Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented

sai3 zung1 daai6 wong4

Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented

World Honored One

to devour; to snap at

bank; name of a river

divine by stalk; divination stick

(of time) to pass; to vanish

sai6 bat1 baa6 jau1

誓不罷休誓不罢休

never give up; refusing to give up

sai6 bat1 faan2 fui3

to vow not to break one's promise

sai6 bat1 loeng5 laap6

誓不兩立誓不两立

the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences

to elapse; to die

to pledge; oath

(verb) to swear; to vow an oath

sai6 jyun6 dong3 sik6 saang1 coi3

誓願當食生菜誓愿当食生菜

to make a vow or a pledge casually without really thinking about following through with it

sai6 jyun6 dong3 sik6 saang1 coi3

䛚願當食生菜䛚愿当食生菜

to make a vow or a pledge casually without really thinking about following through with it [colloquial]

sai6 kwan2 tai2

噬菌體噬菌体

bacteriophage; phage

sai6 san4 pek3 jyun6

誓神劈願誓神劈愿

to swear a solemn oath

to pledge one's life

sai6 sei2 bat1 cung4

誓死不從誓死不从

to vow to die rather than obey (idiom)

sai6 sei2 bat1 hong4

to vow to fight to the death

to vow before one's troops

great grandchildren

sak1 dau6 lung1

the slang for a young kid or child

sak1 dau6 lung4

塞竇窿塞窦窿

sak1 gu2 mang4 zang1

Having to make decisions even when the situation is unknown

(linguistics) plosive; stop

to block one's ears (not wishing to hear)

to slip sb sth; to insert surreptitiously

sak1 laai1 je4 fat6

(Tw) Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Salem, capital of Oregon; Salem, city in India

sak1 maan6 tai4 si1

塞萬提斯塞万提斯

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德[Tang2 ji2 he1 de2]

to stuff full; packed tight

to get food stuck between one's teeth

塞席爾塞席尔

(Tw) the Seychelles

thiazole (chemistry)

heart; intention; core M: 颗kē [颗] ; conscience

heart; radical number 61

forest; dark; rising closely